Next on my list...make a list!

This is the truth, I have a packing list for our upcoming Thanksgiving trip and at the top is to make a list of the things I need to do for work before we leave. How do we make list upon list and they never seem to get shorter or go away. I remember when I was single and working, I always had an ongoing list of things to do at work. I would be so happy when I had crossed everything off. Those days are no longer. Even when my actual list is full of lines through words, there is still the "mental list"...Get face wash at Target, pick up fabric for Ella's dress, email the packaging lady back so she doesn't think you're a flake, check with the printing company to see if the tags are ever going to be ready, keep trying to learn Adobe InDesign, feed the children. And the next thought is always...what am I forgetting? A parent's work is never done and when you work from home on top of that, it is a series of distractions and interuptions. The thing about it is though, if we worked out of the home in an office, we may get more work done and have more focus but we wouldn't get to enjoy the every day moments helping with homework, watching the kids have a ball with each other, and listening to the new things they come out with randomly in the middle of the day. What keeps me going...everything on the list is for the people and things I care most about. Oh, and I get to cross "write new blog post" off my list.